Legal Opinion
Silvray Lighting, Inc. v. Versen
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided June 23, 1962No. Civ. No. 10139PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, District Judge.
This is an action under the patent laws for the infringement of claim 1 of Patent No. 2,303,747, issued on the application of Frank P. Kuhl but assigned to the plaintiff prior to its issuance. The action is essentially one fc*■ contributory infringement. The answer filed by the defendants pleads the usual defenses, to wit, invalidity of the claim and noninfringement.
Invention
The claim in issue covers an article of manufacture, termed in the patent an “indirect lighting fixture.” The claim defines the invention as follows: “An indirect lighting fixture utilizing ceiling…
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- Silvray Lighting, Inc. v. Kurt Versen, Trading Under the Firm Name and Style of Kurt Versen Company and Kurt Versen Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953